After finishing reading the report, Li Tianming glanced at his watch, "I need to go pick up Little Fei from school."
Before leaving, he said to Qin Siyang, "When you've finished collecting all the sacrifices needed to open the path of the believer, don't rush to break through. Come find me first. I have some things I want to talk to you about."
"Alright, I got it."
Li Tianming patted Qin Siyang on the shoulder and smiled kindly, "Little Qin, keep it up."
"Mhm."
After Li Tianming left the office, Zhao Longfei sighed, "Professor Li really treats you with that kind of 'only wishing one's child to be foolish and ordinary' mindset."
"He wasn't like this before. The two of us went through plenty of life-and-death situations together," Qin Siyang's emotions became inexplicably complicated as well, "Ever since he took in Li Pengfei, Old Li has become much more restrained and cautious."
Zhao Longfei said leisurely, "Deep parental affection is unavoidable."
"What, President Zhao, do you have children too?"
"I don't, but my elder brother does," Zhao Longfei answered deeply, as if he, too, felt something from it.
But this kind of feeling was something Qin Siyang definitely couldn't understand right now.
A calf licking affection meant an old cow licking its calf, and he himself was still a calf. Who would he be licking for?
Thinking of Li Tianming, Qin Siyang changed the topic, "Right, President Zhao, is Central Glory planning any further action against Old Li? You said before that I traded crimson crystals with Han Shuo. Could he use that against Old Li?"
"The matter targeting Professor Li was Guo Jiuxiao's personal action. There's no need to elevate it to the school level. Central Glory's president, Han Shuo, is an old senior who stays steady no matter how the winds blow. He rarely gets involved in the mud pits between various forces. Last time he asked for the crimson crystals, he was probably just in urgent need. He definitely won't do anything to Professor Li."
"That's good. President Zhao, do you know what Guo Jiuxiao is doing right now?"
"Same as Professor Li. Doing research all day in Central Glory's experimental building."
"So well-behaved? Could it be that he's trying to compete with Old Li in scientific research now?"
"Of course not. From my observation, the one doing research at the school, just like the one who fought you last time, is fake."
"Then where is his real body?"
"I don't know."
"Then what does he plan to do next?"
"I don't even know where Guo Jiuxiao's real body is. How could I possibly know what he plans to do next?"
"Alright then."
Qin Siyang glanced again at Yamamoto Taro's memory-reading report.
"I thought there'd be some other useful information in his head."
"What kind of useful information are you talking about?"
"For example, ways to contact other Snake-listed fugitives, or some deadly leverage on certain big shots, things like that."
Zhao Longfei laughed, "Have you been reading too many novels? For a wanted criminal, the most important thing is hiding their identity. Who would be bored enough to contact other fugitives and increase their chances of exposure?" [T/N: Lol!]
"As for the deadly leverage on big shots you mentioned, if he really had something like that in his hands, would he still be a wanted criminal?"
Listening to Zhao Longfei's words and savoring them carefully, Qin Siyang felt that sticking close to this old veteran could really teach him quite a lot.
"Yamamoto Taro was only mid-tier among the Snake ranks. It's normal that he didn't have any earth-shaking secrets. The day you manage to kill a J, Q, or K-level Snake-listed fugitive, you'll definitely gain quite a bit."
"President Zhao, you should keep that kind of gain for yourself. I don't have that ability."
Zhao Longfei stubbed out his cigarette, "However, there will be more or less some valuable things in Zhang Yingrui's head. At the very least, it'll be more valuable than Yamamoto Taro's empty brain."
Qin Siyang nodded, "I'll urge Hu Chan to move faster."
"Mhm."
Qin Siyang stood up and returned the report to Zhao Longfei, preparing to leave.
"You're not taking the report with you?"
"I've already read everything. Taking it or not makes no difference. I'm worried that bringing it with me might cause a leak, so it's better to leave it to you to handle."
"Alright. You've thought it through fairly steadily. What are you planning to do next?"
Qin Siyang took out his phone, "Find Hu Chan and head outside the safe zone."
Zhao Longfei nodded, "Be careful."
"Be careful outside the safe zone? Then what's the point of going?", Qin Siyang laughed, "As long as I make it back alive, that's enough."
Qin Siyang left the president's office, turned on conversation shielding, and dialed Hu Chan's number.
["Hello, Boss Qin. Are you calling about Zhang Yingrui's corpse, or about going outside the safe zone to hunt gods?"]
"Those are exactly the two things. How did you guess?"
["My own situation is basically handled already. If you're looking for me, it should only be for those two matters."]
"Then talk about both."
["There were some hiccups with reading Zhang Yingrui's corpse memories, but don't worry, his body is still intact. Protector Yu is finding someone to read the memories, so it'll be a bit later before it's given to you."]
["As for going outside the safe zone to hunt gods, I can go with you anytime. I'll follow your arrangements."]
Qin Siyang asked, "You don't need to hold any more blessing assemblies?"
["No need. The college entrance exam results will be out this week. The blessing assemblies are already over."]
"The results come out this week?"
["Yeah. Probably tomorrow or the day after. It's already been three weeks since the exam ended. It's about time for the results to be released."]
Qin Siyang thought for a moment, then said, "Take care of the Zephyr Church matters at United Glory Academy this week and secure your footing. We'll think about going outside the safe zone over the weekend."
Hu Chan was silent for a while, then asked, ["Why is Boss Qin suddenly taking such good care of me?"]
"It's not really taking care of you. It's mainly that how much value you, the Holy Son, have to South Glory University completely depends on whether you can rebuild your power base at United Glory Academy."
"President Zhao and I have both put in effort on this matter. And right now it's just the beginning. I don't want the efforts of the past two weeks to go to waste. If you can establish yourself at United Glory Academy, you can also help the two of us share some of the pressure, and it'll make President Zhao more willing to shelter you."
["I understand. Then thank you in advance, Boss Qin."]
"If you want to thank me, show it with real action."
["Don't worry, Boss Qin. Once we're outside the safe zone, wherever you point, that's where I'll strike!"]
After hanging up, Qin Siyang returned to his room to prepare food and equipment for going outside the safe zone. He also brought along the entire box of potions Hao Liang had given him, preparing for a prolonged battle.
After all, for this trip, even if he couldn't resolve all the sacrifices, he hoped to take care of at least seventy to eighty percent of them. There was no way he would return empty-handed like the previous weekend.
So it was very likely to take a long time.
After that, he stayed obediently in his room, occasionally browsing the forums to see if there was any news about the exam results being released.
He had absolute confidence in Wen Shu's exam performance.
But until he actually saw Wen Shu's final results, there would still be a heavy stone hanging in his heart.
The next afternoon, he saw someone post on the [Sequence Education] forum saying that the college entrance exam results for ordinary students had already been released.
Qin Siyang swallowed, and even the fingers tapping on the screen trembled slightly.
He hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't hold back and planned to send Wen Shu a message to ask about the results.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Before he finished editing the message, someone suddenly knocked on his door.
"Who is it?"
Wen Shu's voice came from outside the door, "Qin Siyang, it's me."
Qin Siyang took a deep breath and put down his phone.
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